In January-April, 2008, Nakhodka Commercial Seaport OJSC increased its throughput by 39.3%, year-on-year, to 3.007.8 million tonnes, PortNews IAA learnt from Vostochny branch of RosMorPort FSUE. In the reported period, transshipment of general cargo totaled 2.199.4 million tonnes (+37.3%, year-on-year) including 2.049.7 million tonnes of ferrous metal (+35.8%), 81,000 tonnes of non-ferrous metal (+65.6%), 9,600 tonnes of scrap metal (transshipment of which was not carried out in Jan-Apr, 08). In the 4-month period, transshipment of timber amounted to 69,100 tonnes (down 6.7 times against January-April 08) including 8,700 tonnes of round timber (down 41.1 times), 60,400 tonnes of sawn timber (down 1.9 times). The company’s container throughput grew 3.4-fold to 17,113 TEU.
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